Kentucky Senate · District 31
Phillip Wheeler
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Phillip Wheeler's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Phillip Wheeler.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Phillip Wheeler.
Bills
The bills Phillip Wheeler sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 32 |
| Passed both chambers | 7 |
| Became law | 7 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 4 of 38 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) · 4 of 32 Republicans (tied with 2 others)
A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, as the Legislative Record lists it; co-sponsors aren't counted. House and Senate bills are counted; resolutions aren't.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 98 Relating to welding safety |
Became law | April 27, 2026 |
| SB 197 Providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 27, 2026 |
| SB 249 Relating to workforce development and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 13, 2026 |
| SB 343 Relating to the Department of Workers' Claims and declaring an emergency |
Became law | April 9, 2026 |
| SB 172 Relating to utility fuel adjustment and declaring an emergency |
Became law | Feb. 19, 2026 |
| SB 201 Relating to workers' compensation |
Became law | March 27, 2025 |
| SB 1 Relating to the film industry |
Became law | March 26, 2025 |
Budget projects
Kentucky's budget bills don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Kentucky legislators.
Contested votes where they split
7 against the Senate President; 7 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate President | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2026 | SB 199: Relating to pesticide labeling Override of Veto |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 31, 2026 | SB 195: Relating to participants in the legal system Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 19, 2026 | SB 199: Relating to pesticide labeling Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 5, 2026 | SB 199: Relating to pesticide labeling Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 5, 2026 | SB 137: Relating to a provisional license to practice medicine Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 19, 2026 | SB 152: Relating to education Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| March 13, 2025 | SB 100: Relating to tobacco, nicotine, or vapor product licensure Final Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Phillip Wheeler voted on each of the 803 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate President | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- legislature.ky.gov
- phillip.wheeler@kylegislature.gov
- District office
- Room Annex 215, 702 Capital Ave., Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-8100
Committees
- Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Chair
- Economic Development and Workforce Investment Co-chair
- Tourism, Small Business and Information Technology Co-chair
- Judiciary Vice chair
- Judiciary
- Legislative Oversight and Investigations
- Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Natural Resources and Energy
- Transportation
- Transportation
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Kentucky General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Kentucky General Assembly's roll-call records, Jan. 7, 2025 to April 15, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections